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Simon Communities claim only 7% of rental properties are within reach of housing benefit recipients

According to the study, no properties with rent supplement or HAP limits were found in four out of 11 study areas, with just one property available in two other areas.
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MyHome embraces rental rating system to tackle misleading listings

DwellDown allows users to rate different aspects of a property they have rented as well as the area in which it is located. Users can rate a property under headings such as comfort, amenities, neighbo - Subscribe

Airbnb impact on Dublin housing market must be addressed

San Francisco changed its laws to require to hosts on Airbnb and other similar services such as FlipKey to register their properties with the city (enabling the city to track their use), and obliged t - Subscribe

Strong rental market lifts Ires Reit revenue, profit for 2017

During the year, the company completed construction of 68 apartments in Beacon South Quarter, Sandyford, which were fully leased by August, and is working on preliminary alternative designs for the co - Subscribe

Assurances sought for tenants in 4,000 buy-to-lets in PTSB sale

“This concern is valid but the neglect of renters is not. Phrases like ‘investment mortgages’ and ‘buy-to-lets’ puts attention on the loan. The attention should be on the people for whom the - Subscribe

Rent or buy? Five rentals in hot spots that may cost less to buy

As rents keep rising in Dublin city – surpassing their Celtic Tiger peak, according to the latest Daft survey – it’s tempting to do the maths on purchase prices and see an attractive margin betw - Subscribe

Council paid rent hikes to 64 landlords over 4% cap

The council explained that it had to contact 29 landlords to renew rental contracts, and a further 38 landlords were contacted for rent reviews at least three months prior to their renewal or review d - Subscribe

Dublin rents to rise to €2,500 before they start to slow

Hooke & MacDonald: More than €500m build-to-rent sales predicted for Dublin in 2018

There will be more than €500 million worth of transactions in the multi-family and build-to-rent residential market in 2018, according to a new review of the sector by agent Hooke & MacDonald.
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Eoghan Murphy may make advertising sub-standard rentals a crime

Mr Murphy will consider the proposal as part of amendments to legislation in relation to the function of the Residential Tenancies Board and problems with overcrowding in rental accommodation. New leg - Subscribe

Half of renters in Silicon Docks are tech workers

Almost half of the tenants renting in Dublin's Silicon Docks are tech professionals from companies like Google, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
Overall, 92pc of the tenants in the area - which incl - Subscribe

Dublin landlord may be arrested after forced eviction

In November, he had sought a rent increase beyond the 4 per cent permitted in a designated rent pressure zone. The tenants, who are all in their 20s and from France, Germany, the US and Brazil, refuse - Subscribe

Rental market 'in crisis’ as house prices climb

The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland said that its survey showed that most of its members reported that buyers’ price expectations had risen during 2017.
“The survey predicts that despite - Subscribe

Why are landlords leaving the market in large numbers?

And yet landlords, if one line of reasoning is followed, are departing the market in large numbers, bringing with them properties that were previously on the rental market, which are now being sold to - Subscribe

Are spiralling Dublin rents choking its economic growth?

How landlords forced 40pc of newly homeless families to quit

The report found family circumstances - such as relationship breakdowns or overcrowding - were the most common reason for becoming homeless.
This was followed by forced departure from a tenancy in pr - Subscribe

Rents along new Luas cross-city line rise

The figures from property website Daft show commuters living on the Dublin coastline continue to pay the most, however, with rents close to the Sandymount Dart station averaging €2,274 per month. - Subscribe

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